BORN HULL 26/08/1880. SON OF GEORGE EMMANUEL COOK (1846-1917) AND JANE SANDERSON, OF HULL.
HE MARRIED KATE DANIELS (1883-1905), IN HULL, IN 1901. THEY HAD THREE CHILDREN, LYDIA, GEORGE AND ARTHUR.
HE MARRIED FLORENCE LOUISA LEE (1884-1958) AND HAD ANOTHER SON, THOMAS ANDREW COOK.
HE SERVED IN THE ROYAL NAVAL RESERVE, AND WAS SKIPPER OF THE TRAWLER ‘KING EMPEROR’. HE DROWNED THROUGH A COLLISION OFF THE SHEERNESS, ON 04/02/1916, AGED 36. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE CHATHAM NAVAL MEMORIAL AND AT ST JOHN THE BAPTIST CHURCH, NEWINGTON, HULL.
HE LEFT £202 IN HIS WILL TO HIS WIDOW, FLORENCE, AT 5, CECIL STREET, HULL (PROBATE ADDRESS).
On February 4th, 1916, the British steamer HMT KING EMPEROR, built in 1914 and operated by British Royal Navy, was lost after a collision. 8 people lost their lives. (The KING EMPEROR was lifted and back in service, even served in WWII.)
PEOPLE LOST ON BOARD HMT “KING EMPEROR”
1. COOK, THOMAS ARTHUR , Skipper, HMT King Emperor, Royal Naval Reserve, †04/02/1916, Chatham Naval Memorial
2. DICKINSON, GEORGE , Engineman (no. 2550ES), HMT King Emperor, Royal Naval Reserve, †04/02/1916, Chatham Memorial
3. GILLARD, JAMES , Second Hand (no. 1610/SA), HMT King Emperor, Royal Naval Reserve, †04/02/1916, Father of A. S. Doy, of 70, Brighton St., Hessle Rd., Hull, Memorial: Hull Western Cemetery
4. GREEN, ARTHUR FREDERICK (44), Engineman (no. 2811ES), HMT King Emperor, Royal Naval Reserve, †04/02/1916, Son of James Arthur and Francis Green, of Hull; husband of Alice Green, of 9, Alexander Terrace. Bean St., Hull, Memorial: Chatham
5. NEWBIGGING (19), Signaller (no. Clyde Z/3722), HMT King Emperor, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, †04/02/1916, Son of William Newbigging, of 21, Drive Rd., Linthouse, Govan, Glasgow, Memorial: Glasgow (Craigton) Cemetery
6. STAHL , Lieut-Commander, HMT King Emperor, Royal Navy, †04/02/1916, Memorial: Farnham Civil Cemetery
7. TAYLOR, FREDERICK JAMES (23), Trimmer (no. 3034TS), HMT King Emperor, Royal Naval Reserve, †04/02/1916, Son of William Henry and Jessie Taylor, of Hull; husband of Minnie Taylor, of 111, Havelock St., Hessle Rd., Hull. Chatham Naval Memorial
8. WARD, GEORGE ERNEST (32), Deck Hand (no. 5869/DA), HMT King Emperor, Royal Naval Reserve, †04/02/1916, Son of George and Melinda Ann Ward, of Hull; husband of Martha Ann Ward, of 169, Somerset St., Hessle Rd., Hull. Alternative Commemoration – buried in Hull (Holy Trinity, Hessle Road) Cemetery, Memorial: Hull Northern Cemetery
